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MNA Career & Educational Desk: All educational institutions will remain closed until May 5 in parallel with the government’s announcement of general holidays, aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. “All the educational institutions will remain closed until May 5 considering the situation,” said Mohammad Abul Khayer, public relations officer of the Education Ministry on Thursday, reports UNB. Earlier in the day, the government extended general holidays until May 5, aiming to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. Seven more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours until Thursday, taking the death toll in ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: Government is temporarily shutting down all educational institutions across the country from March 17 amid a global coronavirus outbreak. “The official order will be published on Monday afternoon,” Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury said, reports UNB. The death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 6,518 globally as of Monday. It has so far infected 169,719 people around the world, according to worldometer. COVID-19 is affecting 157 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan). The World Health Organization on March 11 declared the ...

MNA National Desk: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government is mulling over closing the educational institutions in view of the outbreak of coronavirus. “Closing the schools and colleges is being discussed at the high level of the government. We are intensively monitoring the situation. We will take necessary steps in the right time,” he said. Quader, also the Awami League (AL) general secretary, came up with the statements at a press conference after an AL secretariat meeting on the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at ...